Cuff-link.



P. NHLANO.

CUFF LINK;

APPLICATION FILED APR-22, 1916.

1 ,1 9 ,71 6. Patented July 18, 1916.

PASQUAIJE MILANO, OF NEW.YORK, N: Y.

CUFF-LINK.

Specification'of Letters Patent;

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed'April 22, 1916. Serial No. 92,803.

To all'whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, PASQUALE MILANO, a native of" Italy, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have declared my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States and have invented certain new and useful Improvements in: Cuff-Links, which the following is a specification.

My improvements relateto the manufacture of link-buttons for cuffs, and are designed to facilitate their attachment to or removal from the cuffs in use-in a simple but nevertheless effective manner.

The invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of parts herein described and claimed specifically, whereby the minor, or insert button ofthe link, may

be held temporarily in practically rigidalinement with the stem or link bar to which it is pivotally connected, so that saidinsert' button and said stem may be quickly and conveniently inserted through the cufi' button holes or removedtherefrom, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.-

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, represents an elevation of the rear side of my improved link button, the insert button being shown in position just prior to being snapped to the link shank; Fig. 2, is a sec-V tion of the bight or pintle-bearing loop, with the insert button in snapped position; Fig. 3, is a section upon a larger scale taken upon plane of line 3-3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, is a top or edge view of the link button with the insert button snapped into alinement with the link shank, and illustrating the method of insertion through the cuff button holes; Fig. 5, a similar view showing the edges of the cuff secured by my link button, with the latter adapting itself to the curvature of the cuff.

In the drawings B, represents the head or base button to the back of which the linkshank, stem, or stud b, is rigidly attached, and I, is the minor or insert button pivotally attached and supported upon the outer end of said link stud 1).

One feature of my invention consists in making this stud or link shank b, of metallic wire, or other suitable material in cylindrical wire or rod form, bent over upon itself so as to create a bearing loop I), at the bight or outer extremity,the inner ends of the bent wire or bar being rigidly secured together and to the back of the main or base button 13, by soldering or otherwise as maybe found most expedient. The loop 5, forms" the supporting bearing for the pivot, trunnion or pintle i, (Fig. 2) on the insert button I, the latter being also formed with shoulders i,z", at either end of said pintle'i, to-hold the latter in place, andprevent looseness, play, or movement of the insert button I, except upon said pmtle' 2', as an axis.

The wire or bar of which the shank or link stud Z), is composed being circular, or approximately so, in cross section, intermediate central' depressions b 6 will thereby be created on either side of said shank Z), as indicated particularly in Fig. 3; or such-depressions or recesses 5 6 may be otherwise formed on opposite sides of the-stud 7), to afford means of engagement with theel'astic resilient snap jaws i 71 on theinsert button I, the sides of the said'recesses I), 5 acting as retaining shoulders when the said jaws 2' are forcibly pushed and snapped over them, and holding the insert button I, in alinement, or substantially so, with the stud 6, until it is forcibly released therefrom by sufiicient pressure applied laterally to the'insert' button I, to release the jaws 2' 2' and again turn the insert button on its axis. It will be noted that when the insert button I, is not thus locked in position in alinement with the link stud b, it is free to turn on its axis within certain prescribed limits, suflicient to enable it to adapt itself and the link button as a whole readily to the inclinations and curvatures of the edges of the end to which it may be applied, thus compensating for differences in sizes and shapes of cuffs and insuring the engagement and safety of the link button in use, as it is obvious that by thus conforming to varying conditions of use, it is less liable to work out of position, and through the button holes of the cuff.

It will be seen that my improved link button is very simple and inexpensive in form and construction, while combining strength and durability. Furthermore the device is composed of only two parts, the articulatory connection and the snap lock being efi'ected without the aid of accessories,

which is a material advantage in many reintegral with the insert button I, and incidentally by the construction of said stud or shank 6, out of a single piece of wire or bar bent double upon itself to form the pintle bearing loop 6, and clip retaining grooves 6 6 in the simplest possible manner, and with the least need of special tools or highly skilled labor.

Of course it is desirable to form the insert button I, with two opposed snap jaws 2' 2' to engage with the recesses 6 5 on opposite sides of the link shank b, but it is also within the spirit and scope of my invention to use only one such integral snap a jaw if preferred,-an obvious modificahaving a recessed shank consisting of a wire or rod doubled upon itself with the bight forming a pintle bearing loop and the overlapping ends rigidly attached to the back of said head button, and an insert button formed with a pintle seated in said bearing loop of the shank, with shoulders on either end of said pintle bearing against said bearing loop, and with integral snap jaws adapted to engage with the recesses in said shank, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A cuff button of the character designated, comprising a main or head button having a shank consisting of a cylindrical wire or rod doubled upon itself with the bight forming'a pintle bearing loop, and with its overlapped ends rigidly attached to the back of said head button, and an insert button formed with a pintle seated in said bight or bearing loop of the shank, also formed with shoulders on either side of said pintle adapted to contact with the opposite sides of said bearing loop, and also formed with an integral snap jaw adapted to be sprung over the curved cross section of the shank and into the space between the peripheries of the overlapped parallel portions of said shank, for the purpose set forth.

3. A cufi' button of the character desig nated, comprising a main or head button having a shank consisting of a cylindrical wire or rod doubled upon itself with the bight forming a pintle'bearing loop, and with its overlapped ends rigidly attached to the back of said head button, and an insert button formed with a pintle seated in said bight or bearing loop of the shank, also formed with shoulders on either side of said pintle adapted to contact with the opposite sides of said bearing loop, and also with opposed integral snap jaws adapted to be sprung i over the curved cross section of the shank and into the spaces on either side thereof between the peripheries of the overlapped parallel portions of said shank, for the purpose set forth.

PASQUALE MILANO WVitnesses -FRANK W. CHILL-EM, GEO. TM. MIATT.

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